News Roundup: Evans Brothers coming to Wonder Building

Local

• Locust Cider & Brewing is opening its first Eastern Washington taphouse in the former Huppins space on Main.

• Wishing Tree Books—a new independent bookstore—plans to open this fall in South Perry.

• Looks like the Association of Washington Realtors' legalized bribery paid off in Tuesday's primary.

• Late fees are history at Spokane Public Libraries.

• Word on the street is that Evans Brothers Coffee Roasters—which has cafés in Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene—will join High Tide Lobster Bar at the Wonder Building.

• The first permits have been filed with the City for improvements along the future North Monroe - South Regal high-performance transit line.

Regional

• Sound Transit is using breakthrough engineering to send light rail trains across Lake Washington, starting in 2023.

• The Pacific Northwest is full of neighborhoods at risk from climate change-fueled wildfires.

• The Urbanist explores the history, policy, and politics animating renewed calls for rent control.

• Seattle's streetcar connection may move forward...in 2026.

National & International

• Surprise, surprise (not really): chasing tech jobs may not help low-wage workers.

• Also not a surprise: Lyft and Uber make traffic worse.

• Oakland nonprofit brings together economic empowerment and restorative justice.

• Salt Lake City's mayoral candidates are proposing a not-so-radical solution to smog and pollution: free public transit. 

• Minneapolis continues its pro-housing leadership with $650,000 in legal fees to help tenants.

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